Magaluf relief: Brit lad survives nightmare balcony plunge

LUCKY: Jack Fairbairn has escaped after falling from a balcony in party resort Magaluf [TIM MERRY]

Fun-loving Scot Jack Fairbairn plunged from a third floor balcony onto a concrete floor near a swimming pool at an apartment block.

His condition was described as serious when he was rushed to the island’s Son Espases hospital after the incident.

But today he was out of hospital and joking about what happened with friends on Facebook.

The incident happened just before 6am on Wednesday at Nova I apartments – across the road from the beach and just 200 metres from the brash Punta Ballena strip where a British holidaymaker was filmed recently performing a sex act on 24 men in a bar.

Keen golfer Jack, from Kelso in the Scottish Borders, is thought to have cheated death after having his fall cushioned by a roof on the way down.

Pals messaged him on his Facebook, where he is pictured in a vest top in Magaluf showing off a pair of bulging biceps.

One said: “Tell them you’re alright, there was nothing between your lugs to damage. Glad you’re okay chief.”

It was not clear if his stunning girlfriend, Boots beauty consultant Marissa Sonkur, from Hawick in the Scottish Borders, was aware of the near-miss.

She is due to go to Turkey on Monday for a girls’ holiday.

Investigators are probing the possibility Jack lost his balance while trying to jump between balconies or attempting to jump into the swimming pool.

The practice, dubbed "balconing", has become popular on YouTube and other social networking sites.

It has been blamed for a string of deaths and near misses involving British holidaymakers in resorts like Magaluf and San Antonio on neighbouring Ibiza.

WORK: Jack, left, was thought to have flown to Magaluf to find a summer job [GETTY]

“I heard him and and three other mates when they were on the balcony. Then I don’t know what happened”

A friend

Local Guardia Civil officers were not able to offer any information on the circumstances surrounding the Brit’s fall today.

Last month Jack wrote on Facebook: “Last shift finished. Holiday, then off to Maga for the summer. Can’t wait.”

A pal told a local paper: “He’s an excellent lad. He came to find work here over the summer.

“I heard him and and three other mates when they were on the balcony. Then I don’t know what happened.”

Magaluf hit the headlines again last week after video footage emerged of an 18-year-old girl performing a sex act on 24 men – apparently for a free drink.

It happened after an eight-hour drinking binge organised by controversial firm Carnage Magaluf.

Local Civil Guard officers have identified the bar where the public sex act occurred and its owner but say there is no evidence a crime was committed.

But Margarita Najera, ex-mayoress of Calvia which covers the resort of Magaluf, said it should be shut down anyway.

LUCKY: Jack is one of several holidaymakers who have fallen from a balcony [FACEBOOK]

Tourism chiefs in Spain are set to mount a £400,000 PR drive to persuade holidaymakers Magaluf is not Shagaluf – its nickname among many British holidaymakers.

Officials met with British Embassy representatives in Madrid on Tuesday to discuss a joint campaign to clean up the party resort’s "Sodom and Gomorrah" image.

Three Brits were killed in Magaluf in balcony falls in April and May 2012 in the worst run of deaths of their kind in the resort.

Adam Atkinson, 20, died after falling from the third floor at the Hotel Martinique, which has 211 apartments spread over five floors.

Mr Atkinson, from Castleford, Yorkshire, was climbing a stairwell when he lost his balance.

Three days later roofer Benjamin Harper, 28, died after falling from the fifth floor of the four-star Hotel Antillas in the resort.

He lost his balance as he leaned over a balcony while smoking a cigarette.

Two weeks later Charlotte Faris, 23, from Codicote, Herts, fell to her death at the Teix Hotel, also in Magaluf.

LEWD: Magaluf has come under fire recently after a girl performed a sex act in a bar [HUMPHREY NEMAR]

Blonde Chantelle Serginson, 26, from Middlesbrough, survived after falling from the sixth floor of her hotel in the same resort in May.

Chantelle plunged 80ft from the balcony of the Hotel Marina Barracuda, but has since recovered.

The incidents prompted the launch of a joint campaign by the Foreign Office and travel association ABTA to try to prevent holiday falls in Spain.

The British Consul in the Balearics said at the time: “We've already seen some tragic cases this summer which have had devastating consequences for the individuals and families concerned.

"Some people have fallen whilst climbing to a friend's apartment, others have simply lost their footing after a few too many drinks and a few have deliberately jumped off aiming for the pool below.

"It should go without saying these practices are extremely dangerous and can cost them their life or leave them permanently disabled."

Last September Brit holidaymaker Samuel, Hill, 22, was killed almost instantly after falling on his head from a hostel in Magaluf.

In August aspiring model and musician Thomas Ousby, 19, from Uxbridge, north London, plunged to his death from the ninth-floor of a hotel in the same resort.

His family claimed he was chased by a mystery man and launched an appeal for information and a full investigation.